The blackface stage actor's name was Jim Crow. Before the official Jim Crow it was "Daddy Jim Crow".
Actor is to stage as surgeon is to...Patient.
An American stage actor
By acting on stage
Barry Sullivan - stage actor - was born in 1821.
Barry Sullivan - stage actor - died in 1891.
Charles Hawtrey - stage actor - died in 1923.
Charles Hawtrey - stage actor - was born in 1858.
A proscenium stage is where the actor faces the whole audience on the front (downstage) of the stage. A thrust stage is where the actor is surrounded on 3 sides by the audience. Think of a proscenium stage as the people coming to the front to see the actor whereas the thrust stage is where the stage comes out into the audience.
An actor (actor or actress) will perform a role as a character in a play on a theatre's stage.
Arthur Hill - stage actor - died on 1932-04-04.
The character that was popularized by a slavery-era stage performer is "Jim Crow." The name originated from a character created by Thomas Dartmouth "Daddy" Rice in the 1830s, who performed in blackface and portrayed a stereotypical African American slave. This character became emblematic of the racist stereotypes that were prevalent in minstrel shows, leading to the term "Jim Crow" being used to describe the system of racial segregation that followed in the United States.
A stage persona is a character or social role put on by an actor. Stage personas can be a completely fabricated character, or can be an exaggeration of the actor's own personality.